At the beginning of December, the news of the Song army's triumph spread all the way from Hainan Pass to Bianjing.

The government and the opposition were extremely excited, and the king of Song immediately asked Qin Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to hold a banquet to celebrate the merits, and Li Guozhong, the secretary of the household department, began to check the remaining treasury without waiting for the orders of the king of Song, which was used to reward the soldiers and compensate for the casualties.

Fortunately, in recent years, the Song State has vigorously developed its economy, and officials have rarely been greedy, so that there are still some family funds left in the treasury, which is enough to support this expenditure.

In the small courtyard outside the Drunken Immortal Building, Ying Xuan had just sent away the green-clothed father-in-law who had come to convey King Song's edict, and then turned around and returned to the room with Ying Hao.

"Song Guo won!"

Ying Xuan's face was not half surprised, from looking at Yue Fei's words and deeds before leaving the palace that day, he knew that this battle plan against the Liao State was no longer a matter of one or two days.

Yue Fei's ability Ying Xuan couldn't be clearer, although he couldn't guarantee that Song Guo would win, but Ying Xuan always thought that Song Guo's winning chance was very big.

Ying Hao didn't understand the political etiquette, so he had to look at Ying Xuan and asked, "Xuan, what do you think of the banquet in three days?" ”

Hearing this, Ying Xuan pondered for a while and said, "Big brother, how much does we earn in the month we opened?" ”

Speaking of this, Ying Hao's eyebrows suddenly danced, "In addition to the money returned to Qian Zhuang, we still have more than 21,000 taels of gold in our account!" ”

"Exchange all the 20,000 taels of gold into a golden ticket."

"What are you going to do?" Ying Hao asked curiously. If such a large sum of money is spent at one time, no matter where it is spent, the result will be able to cause a sensation in Bianjing City.

"Didn't Song Guo win the battle, and the follow-up rewards and pensions required a lot of money. At the moment, my father has not received any news, so we have done our best on behalf of the Qin State. ”

Looking at Ying Hao's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Ying Xuan smiled and said, "Big brother, do you think that 20,000 taels of gold is too much?" ”

Ying Hao nodded and said, "Yes, 20,000 taels of gold is enough to build a fine army of 1,000 people." Just gave it to Song Guo, isn't it too ..."

In the end, even Ying Xuan was a little reluctant, but he had to do it!

"Big brother, if the Drunken Immortal Building wants to continue to open, we must send this money out. Not only that, I'm afraid that every month in the future, we will have to give half of the profits from the Drunken Immortal Building to Song Guo! Ying Xuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Ying Hao saw a trace of unwillingness and helplessness in Ying Xuan's eyes, and knew that Ying Xuan must have done this for a reason.

"This money was originally collected from the hands of the magnates of the Song Kingdom, and our move can be described as digging up the flesh and blood of the Song Kingdom."

The money of the powerful people of the world comes from the people, that is to say, the money earned by Yingxuan's drunken immortal building is actually the money of the people and the money of the Song Kingdom.

"Our Drunken Immortal Building has been open in Bianjing City for a month, and it is impossible for King Song not to know about the disturbances, but until now he has not come to us once, not once..."

These words made Ying Hao come to his senses.

Ying Hao frowned slightly, and said bitterly, "It seems that this banquet, King Song is not just inviting the two of us..."

"It's not necessarily a bad thing, sooner or later, the matter of Drunken Immortal Tower will have a showdown with King Song, taking advantage of the joy of the Song army's victory over King Song, this is undoubtedly the best time."

Ying Xuan is a lot more optimistic about this matter, the Song State is rich, but it may not be that the treasury of the Song State will be full. In the past few years, the Song State has been exterminating mountain bandits, recruiting troops and horses, opening fields and roads, and opening horse markets. Either way, it takes a lot of money.

Even though the treasury of the Song State was full, under the governing policy of the Song State in recent years, the treasury gradually could not support it. Although Zhao Kuangyin didn't say anything, and he didn't talk to those unscrupulous clans, Ying Xuan still noticed this from Zhao Kuangyin's poor palace.

Moreover, now that the soldiers are triumphant, the treasury needs to pay a large amount of money for rewards and pensions. Although 20,000 taels of gold is not large, it can play a certain role in this critical period!

"Alas~ This year, it's hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, millions of taels of silver!"

At the thought that these white flowers of silver were about to fly away, Ying Hao felt uncomfortable. The Qin State is now in ruins, and if this money is used in the Qin State, it can play a huge role!

Ying Xuan's face was straight, and he said, "Big brother, you can be greedy, but you must have a degree!" If it weren't for the fact that we were the sons of the Qin Kingdom, we would have died on the streets long ago. If you don't show sincerity to King Song, it is impossible for the Drunken Immortal Building to continue. ”

The two discussed some of the many things about the banquet three days later, and then they dispersed...

It took half a month for the news of the Song army's triumph to arrive in Bianjing, and the Song army with the captives in this half month had already passed through Linlang County, and was only a few days away from Bianjing.

At that time, after the green-clothed father-in-law reported the military situation, King Song was happy and asked the ministries to prepare follow-up matters. The concept of time is completely not taken into account. However, there were only five or six days left before the return of the army, and Qin Hui of the Ministry of Rites had asked the household department to work overtime overnight in the past two days.

Everyone in the Ministry of Rites worked overtime except for the doorkeepers, and it took them two days to sort out a thick stack of lists, and then a dozen or so people went out to shop with dense lists. Immediately, there were many large farms in the market that transported everything to the palace in batches, forming a long queue outside the palace gate.

This is undoubtedly the most extravagant banquet for Zhao Kuangyin, who has always been poor!

When the Ministry of Rites was busy, the other departments were not idle. Such a big victory of the Song army will also involve some affairs of various ministries.

The Ministry of War is busy sending people to receive the army, and then jointly with the Criminal Department to discuss how to deal with the placement of the 10,000 Liao prisoners.

The household department liquidated all the surpluses of the state treasury, and then took the list of casualties and meritorious deeds sent by the military to calculate the cost of rewards and pensions.

Because of the large number of honored sergeants this time, the officials are also working overtime to check the statistics one by one.

It can be said that the entire six, except for the Ministry of Industry, which is idle, the other five are as busy as dead dogs in the past few days.

It was in this kind of high-level work that the people of the Fifth Department survived the last three days and completed the work.

On the day of the celebration banquet, Yang Ye led the six sons under his knees into the palace with infinite scenery.

Zhao Kuangyin led the minister outside the palace gate to watch Yang Ye and his party slowly approach.

"Chen Yang Ye, see the king!"

With a bang, Yang Ye and the six sons knelt outside the palace gate together.

Zhao Kuangyin really walked down the ladder of the hall with a happy face, subdued Yang Ye, and said, "Qing has worked hard for my Great Song Dynasty, all the way!" Hurry up, you and I have a good time celebrating! ”

Yang Ye stood up respectfully and replied, "No!" ”

After Zhao Kuangyin pulled Yang Ye and others into the palace, a group of ministers waiting at the gate of the palace followed suit.

After two days of discussion, Ying Xuan finally attended the banquet on behalf of Qin Guo. Because of the victory of the Song Kingdom, many wealthy businessmen and magnates celebrated in various restaurants, and the business of these days was handed over to Ying Hao to take care of.

Because of his identity as the prince of Qin, Ying Xuan was arranged in a position in the middle of the front. He watched as these people talked and laughed, and one person lowered his head and drank to himself.

In this hall, except for King Song and the green-clothed father-in-law, Ying Xuan didn't know anyone. Maybe Ying Xuan, who said the names of these people, has long admired the name, but that was in the previous life!

Just like Zhao Kuangyin is now born in the Zhao family and founded a country, unlike the previous life and Hou Zhou, he is not as sensitive to military generals and military power as in his previous life. That's the difference that history makes!

That is to say, without the shame of Jingkang, without the two attacks of the Jin State on the Song Dynasty, Qin Hui is not a traitor until now.

Maybe their temperament is the same as in their previous lives, but without those things happening, Ying Xuan doesn't dare to figure out everyone's thoughts.

What's more, the deceit between officialdom has never been touched. Perhaps, when he spoke to a person next to him, he was noticed by a hostile faction and caused a reverie.

Fortunately, Ying Xuan sat alone and drank a little wine, and he didn't pay attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Let's listen to the lonely word! ”

Zhao Kuangyin's voice was together, and the hall was suddenly silent, and everyone looked at Zhao Kuangyin together!

"It's been five years since my Song Kingdom stood on its own! In the past five years, you and Lone have overcome obstacles... This win! Not only because of the courage of my Great Song soldiers, but also because of the unity of the people of my Great Song Dynasty! ”

"This first cup of wine, to the people who were slaughtered by the Liao State on my border! Lonely with this victory to comfort the spirit of waiting in the sky! ”

"This second glass of wine, I salute all the lovers who share the joys and sorrows and advance and retreat together! Without you... I don't know what will happen to this Song Kingdom~"

"This last glass of wine, salute my heroic and invincible soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty! Today's victory, your bravery... It will go down in history forever! ”

After Zhao Kuangyin and the courtiers in the hall drank these three glasses of wine, they laughed and said, "There is no difference between monarchs and ministers today!" Everyone only talks about Fengyue, regardless of government politics! ”

"No!"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded with satisfaction and sat down, and said, "This wine is so mellow and strong, which country does it come from?" ”

Wang Boliao, the chief on the left, replied: "This wine comes from the Drunken Immortal Building!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin frowned slightly, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Drunken Immortal Building... I don't have any impression of such good wine..."

Ying Xuan, who was sitting on the side of the main hall, heard the tacit understanding of the two people's questions and answers, and almost flipped the table in anger, pointing at Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Boliao's noses and scolding the little golden man who shouted Oscar It's a pity that he doesn't give you two goods!

In the past month, how much turmoil the three words of Drunken Immortal Tower have caused in Bianjing City, Ying Xuan couldn't be clearer.

I don't dare to say that the people of the entire Song Kingdom know about the existence of the Drunken Immortal Tower, but at least in the surrounding counties, it is a well-known existence!

Zhao Kuangyin, as the king of the Song Kingdom, may not know? No way!

Ying Xuan looked at Zhao Kuangyin and glanced at him with a smile, his heart suddenly trembled, and he muttered, "It's coming..."

King Song looked at him with a look in his eyes, like a cheetah locking on to its prey.

From that hypocritical smile, Ying Xuan clearly sensed that the next moment the cheetah was about to attack!